Woke up this morning, took a walk outside and all I could smell was Christmas- oh how I love the smell of Christmas, ever wondered what Christmas smells like? It's all about perspective and your ability to imagine as there's no certain smell to look out for; just imagine hot wine and vanilla, cold fresh air, cinnamon, flora, Christmas Fried and jollof rice plus the usual fried chicken that comes along....the Christmas trees have their special smell which youd wish wouldn't leave unfortunately Christmas ends as quickly as it begins thus making us anticipate that of the coming year as quickly....
I miss the real Christmas
I miss the running here and there as kids on Christmas day while receiving gifts from family and friends of family; we were in vogue and we couldn't but be noticed by who ever came along- we were children afterall and children deserve gifts.
Then there exists the usual Ho! Ho! Ho! From Santa with the super thick voice saying Merry Christmas. He seems like the happiest person on earth- giving gifts to the deserving while skipping the "not so good" children as we were told from childhood.
With time those Christmas gifts from visitors stopped coming then you realise at that point that you're now grown and there's nothing special about you anymore but responsibilities and lots of it.... and santa suddenly retired... I guess he got old and had no one to take over the family business of giving.
Is Santa Black or White?
I sometimes wonder if santa was Black or white; this is born out of my over active imagination and affinity for thinking outside the box; he obviously isn't racist neither is he colour specific as he goes around the world sharing his goodies in a bid to make everyone happy regardless of boundaries and borders.
"Santa isn't black or white, he's a universal being, not limited by boundaries or covid-19 restrictions"
I consider santa a citizen of the world hence isn't limited by the need for a visa and the "you know what" restriction out there hash-tag covid-19.
Random thoughts does Santa require the covid-19 vaccine or is simply immune because he is Santa? Food for thoughts...
I smell christmas today and sincerely hope every other day would be like this; in fact it's not too much to ask for everyday to be like Christmas, unfortunately Christmas is no longer what it used to be in this part of the world- today is the 28th of November yet there is no Christmas decoration or Christmas spirit.
Christmas died a long time ago in my country; all a result of the economic instability and political jabberwocky which I'd rather not talk about. Now we have living zombies here and there chasing after the air in a bid to make ends meet thus forgetting that christmas exists until two days before....
I sometimes wish I could go back to being a kid; I want to experience the real christmas once more unfortunately time travel hasn't been invented yet.
Since random gifting no longer exists I decided I'm gonna be my own santa this year- I'm gifting myself with two specialties; one is already on it's way and the other is still processing... will write about these pretty soon.
Please bring back the christmas spirit as I can no longer bare the death of Christmas....
A random Christmas song from "Alvin and the chipmunks"
"Want a plane that loops the loop- me I want a hula hoop"...
"I've been good but I can't last please Christmas don't be late"
Toddles!
You're right man... Xmas is dead here... But it was never my favorite holiday... No holiday was... I've always hated home... But despite this, I still feel sad about Christmas... And maybe about life generally...